The decreasing population bias in tornado reports across the central plains

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 221-232

  Elsner, James B ^a   Michaels, Laura E ^a   Scheitlin, Kelsey N ^b   Elsner, Ian J ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Longwood College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE; ERROR ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING BIAS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TORNADO;

KANSAS; RUSSELL COUNTY [KANSAS]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880904526     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-12-00040.1     Document Type: Article

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